Well, if I should ever get within spitting distance of real, live, Vamp, I can only hope that it will be in a Pre-Code movie so the neighbors won't care.
Bogie as a Vampire, now that IS a surprise. "Come on now, Humphy, show those fangs."
Well, if I should ever get within spitting distance of real, live, Vamp, I can only hope that it will be in a Pre-Code movie so the neighbors won't care.
"I'll make my Heaven in a lady's lap,laffite wrote: ↑January 25th, 2023, 5:04 pmWell, if I should ever get within spitting distance of real, live, Vamp, I can only hope that it will be in a Pre-Code movie so the neighbors won't care.
I believe this is the current one. It has the most entries. I don't think there are as many as you say. There was a maximum of three at one time and I believe one of them has been deleted, there might be two altogether now. So I think, but yes this has been a confusing issue for awhile now.Hoganman1 wrote: ↑January 29th, 2023, 8:51 am I'm confused. It appears there are five or six Noir Alley threads on this site. Can the moderators combined them? I'm looking for posts about last night's (1/28) showing which will be aired again at 10:00 this morning. Can someone tell me which of these threads is current? Thanks
Use the unread-post option under Quick Links if you want to know what threads are "current" (which I define as having posts that have NOT been read by the user since the last time they were on this forum).Hoganman1 wrote: ↑January 29th, 2023, 8:51 am I'm confused. It appears there are five or six Noir Alley threads on this site. Can the moderators combined them? I'm looking for posts about last night's (1/28) showing which will be aired again at 10:00 this morning. Can someone tell me which of these threads is current? Thanks
Lawrence, the points Eddie offered up in his wraparounds were of director Andrew L. Stone and his wife Virginia's career of working together to make this film and a few others over the years and that they preferred to work on location instead on movie sets, some of Steve Cochran's life and career and the reason for his getting the lead in this film because of his then recent notable work in the film WHITE HEAT, mentioned some info on the lives and the careers of a few of the supporting actors and actresses as well (although I was kind of surprised he didn't mention Virginia Grey's long and ill-fated romance with Clark Gable), mentioned the film's cinematography done by Carl Guthrie, and that one would be best advised to look past the stilted and pretty much needless opening sequence of the three state governors emphasizing the ol' "Crime does not pay" spiel in order to better enjoy this film.
Dargo, did you take a breath at all? Your longest sentence ever? Move over, Marcel Proust.Dargo wrote: ↑January 29th, 2023, 6:04 pmLawrence, the points Eddie offered up in his wraparounds were of director Andrew L. Stone and his wife Virginia's career of working together to make this film and a few others over the years and that they preferred to work on location instead on movie sets, some of Steve Cochran's life and career and the reason for his getting the lead in this film because of his then recent notable work in the film WHITE HEAT, mentioned some info on the lives and the careers of a few of the supporting actors and actresses as well (although I was kind of surprised he didn't mention Virginia Grey's long and ill-fated romance with Clark Gable), mentioned the film's cinematography done by Carl Guthrie, and that one would be best advised to look past the stilted and pretty much needless opening sequence of the three state governors emphasizing the ol' "Crime does not pay" spiel in order to better enjoy this film.
(...as I recall, anyway)
I agree, Hibi. I really enjoyed it, and it was a real treat to see a noir that I'd never even heard of before, let alone seen. Never a dull moment. I love the scene where the poor French-Canadian girl ( how come in these old movies Canadians are always French Canadians? No wonder Americans think most Canadians are French-speaking....guess they're a lot more exotic than ordinary Anglo Canadian girls. But I digress...) sorry, anyway, the scene in which she's trying to escape, she knows she's going to be killed if she stays, is so suspenseful ! I honestly didn't know if she was going to make it, and of course, in a way, she didn't , it was only Steve Cochran's poor shooting (how could he miss?) that saved her. But her desperate flight from the apartment to the street to the park to that underground doorway, it's pretty exciting.
MissWonderly wrote: ↑January 30th, 2023, 6:39 pmI agree, Hibi. I really enjoyed it, and it was a real treat to see a noir that I'd never even heard of before, let alone seen. Never a dull moment. I love the scene where the poor French-Canadian girl ( how come in these old movies Canadians are always French Canadians? No wonder Americans think most Canadians are French-speaking....guess they're a lot more exotic than ordinary Anglo Canadian girls. But I digress...) sorry, anyway, the scene in which she's trying to escape, she knows she's going to be killed if she stays, is so suspenseful ! I honestly didn't know if she was going to make it, and of course, in a way, she didn't , it was only Steve Cochran's poor shooting (how could he miss?) that saved her. But her desperate flight from the apartment to the street to the park to that underground doorway, it's pretty exciting.
Also - I just loved the look of Highway 301 ! Quite a few very beautiful, very noirish, shots. Love the dark alleys and fire-escape stairways.